Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Lotus Seed By: Sherry Garland A simple, easy to follow story told in lyrical, unrhymed verse of a Vietnamese girl who is forced to flee her homeland due to civil war and takes with her a lotus seed from the emperor’s garden. The little grows into a loving old lady...
Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Flying Circus By: Susan Crandall On a country road, in 1920’s Indiana, a plane and a motorcycle seem to be racing headlong for a grove of trees. At the last minute, the plane pulls up but the motorcycle plows into a pond. Henry Schuler, is walking on that...
Oct 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
Survivor Club Series By: Mary Balogh Every now and then, I find that my reading desires point towards something gentle with a touch of romance that transports me through time. When this happens, I turn to Mary Balogh, one of my favorite Regency-era authors. Balogh is...
Oct 19, 2015 | Highlights in History
Grave Robbing in Fishers- Part 2 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The other Fishers person involved in the turn-of-the-century grave robbing trials had a very different life than that of Hamp West. Dr. Joseph C. Alexander was born in Hamilton County,...
Oct 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Better Than Before By: Gretchen Rubin Known for her books The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, in her latest book Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin switches from a focus on happiness to the specifics of habit-making and -breaking that can lead to more happiness...